Directors of the Defense Intelligence Agency

Lieutenant General Joseph F. Carroll, USAF ............ Oct 1961 - Sep 1969


Lieutenant General Donald V. Bennett, USA ............. Sep 1969 - Aug 1972


Vice Admiral Vincent P. de Poix, USN .................. Aug 1972 - Sep 1974


Lieutenant General Daniel O. Graham, USA .............. Sep 1974 - Dec 1975


Lieutenant General Eugene F. Tighe, Jr. USAF (acting) . Jan 1976 - May 1976


Lieutenant General Samuel V. Wilson, USA .............. May 1976 - Aug 1977


Lieutenant General Eugene F. Tighe, USAF .............. Aug 1977 - Aug 1981


Lieutenant General James A. Williams, USA ............. Sep 1981 - Sep 1985


Lieutenant General Leonard H. Perroots, USAF .......... Oct 1985 - Dec 1988


Lieutenant General Harry E. Soyster, USA .............. Dec 1988 - Sep 1991


Dennis M. Nagy (acting) ............................... Sep 1991 - Nov 1991


Lieutenant General James R. Clapper, Jr., USAF ........ Nov 1991 - Aug 1995


Lieutenant General Kenneth A. Minihan, USAF ........... Aug 1995 - Feb 1996


Lieutenant General Patrick M. Hughes, USA ............. Feb 1996 - Present